Machine for cutting wood feathers



(No Model.)

J W P`E.TTE1\TGILL Machine for Cutting Wood Feathers. No. 236,621.Patentedlan. 11,1881.

(M271): .9s n) Q7 UNITED STATES PATENT @Finca JOB W. PETTENGILL, OFROGKFORD, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING WOOD FEATHERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,621, dated January11, 1881.

Application filed Juno 23, 1880.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, J on W. PETTENGILL, of thecity of Rockford, in the county of \/Vin nebago and State of Illinois.have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Cutting WoodFeathers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the production of a suitable woodfilling for beds and pillows, and capable of use for the variouspurposes in upholstery, carpet-linings, and other like purposes, anduseful as a packing material; and it consists in a machine embracingcertain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a plan view of one form of amachine on which to produce my improved wood feathers. Of this machine,Fig. 2 is a front elevation, and Fig. 3 an end elevation. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section of the cutter. Fig. 5 is an isometricalrepresentation of a billet or bolt of wood, of sector form, split from asection of a log cut to proper length from which to produce feathers.Fig. 6 is also an isometrical representation of a billet split from asection out from a log. Fig. 7 is an isomet-rical representation of acore of a billet from which feathers have been cut. Fig. 8 is anisometrical representation of a feather cut from a billet.

In thetigures,Arepresentslengthwise beams, into which are framedtransverse beams E, producing a frame rectangular in plan, which issupported on standard C, framed into their end portions, producing asupporting-frame. On this frame is mounted a suitable bracketframe,consisting of a bed-plate, c, and standards b, on which is mounted atransverse shaft or mandrel, c, supported to revolve thereonin suitablebearings. This mandrel is fitted with a face-plate, cl, substantiallythe same as faceplates in use on turning-lathes, and is mounted thereonby screw-threaded connection with the mandrel in the same manner. Onthis faceplate is mounted, and securely fitted thereto, a face-wheel, D,in the outward portion of which are placed cutters e, on radial lines,which cutters extend outward nearly to the periphery of the wheel. Thesecutters are of plane-bit form, and are placed obliquely to the axis andface of the Wheel, substantially in the same manner (No model.)

as plane-bits are placed in their stocks, and are provided with capsf,and are held in position and made adjustable by means ot' a clampingscrew-bolt, g, which is passed through the cap and bit into the wheel,the cap serving to enlarge the bearing ot' the bolt to give greaterfirmness to the bit.

E represents a cone of pulleys mounted on the mandrel between itssupports, to engage a like cone of pulleys to connect the wheel with theprime mover, to impart motion to the wheel carrying the cutters.

AtF is represented a roller having its ends journaled in the lowerportion of the front standards. In this roller F is titled a standard,G, capable of an outward-swinging movelnent. The upper end of thisstandard G is provided with an axial hole, iitted to receive .apivot-stud of the cap portion h, as represented in dotted lilies, topermit the cap to oscillate on the standard. At i is represented ahand-lever, which is connected to the pivoted cap l1. by a hinge-joint,k, to permit of a rocking movement of the hand-lever on the snpport.This connection ofthe hand-lever with the standard permits ofa verticaland horizontal movement of the lever thereon, and, in connection withthe standard,is capable of abackand-forth movement to and from thewheel. The inner end of this hand-lever is provided with a transversehole adapted to receive a spindle, l, freely. This spindle l consists ofa round metallic bar fitted with a handle, m, and having its free endpointed in a suitable manner to be driven into the end of the blocks orbillets of wood from which to cnt the feathers.

At n is represented a billet of wood, into which the spindlel in thehand-levert' has been driven, which, with the cap h, hinged to thelever, are placed in position on the standard.

These parts, thus connected, are clearly shown. y

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with an angle foot-plate, 19, by means of which' it is tted in positionon the frame by suitable bolts. This guard-plate, from its fastening,rises parallel with the face-wheel, and is in position to receive thefeathershavings as cut from the billets, and the wheel, passing over thefeather-shavin gs as theyleave the cutters, delivers them,comparatively, a straight feather-shaving.

In the manufacture of my improved feathers with the machine hereindescribed, having the several parts constructed and arrangedsubstantially as set forth, and the face-wheel, carrying the cutters inmotion, revolvingr in the direction indicated by the arrow, the operatortakes hold of the handle of the spindle with his right hand, and bymeans of the spindlehandle he is enabled to turn the billet fitted tothe spindle to the right or left, back and forth, in an oscillatorymanner; or he can change its position to present any side of the billetto the cutters in the face-wheel in such a manner as to continuallypresent a different portion of the billet to the cutters, or can causeit to ro tate in contact therewith, and by means of the hand-lever, withhis left hand, can press the billet against the face of the wheel, raiseor lower it to properly engage thc cutters, and

can move it horizontally to rpresent it in itswhcle length, or any partthereof', to the cut- Jters. By these means I am enabled to produce woodfeathers cut lengthwise with the grain ot the wood, and of the formrepresented at H, having its center portions of greater thickness thanits edges. The feathers, however, will not all be of this regular formrepresented in the drawings, but all will have thin edges and fullercenter portions, substantially as represented and as herein described.

At I is represented a billet, on the end of which is representedsectional views otl some of the cuts produced in the manufacture of myimproved feathers. These continued, the billet will be reduced to asmall core, substantially such as represented at K.

At L is represented a billet in which transverse saw-cuts, as at s, areproduced. This billet, when exposed to the cutting operation, ashereinbeibre described, will produce feathers of a length equal to thedistance between the transverse cuts, and these cuts can be varied toany practical extent within the limits of the billets, to producefeathers varying in length, and the thickness of the feathers can bevaried to any practical extent by the adjustment of t-hc cutters.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that in the production offeathers by my improved machine the cut by which they are produced is adrawing cut, and the cutters or bits, revolving in a vertical plane,begin their cutting action endwise of the wood billet, this dispositionof cutters and wood operating to produce a bright and elastic feather.

The wood feathers produced by the machine herein described are adaptedto a great variety of upholstering, packing, and other purposes where alight, cheap, and elastic filling material is required.

1. The combination, with a face-wheel provided with cutters, ahand-lever, anda spindle supportedA by said hand-lever, of a rotary capfitted on the free end ot' an oscillating standard and a hingeconnecting the cap and said hand-lever, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with a vertical rotary, face-wheel provided with radialcutters and a spindlelocated in fron t ofthe cutter-wheel, ofanuprightfender-plate secured to thc main frame in rear of the face-wheeland in line with lthe lower portion thereof, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a face-wheel provided with cutters, a spindle,and a hand-lever in vwhich the spindle is supported, of a cap to whichthe hand-lever is hinged to move in a vertical plane, a standard towhich the cap is pivoted, and a rotaryshaft to which said standard issecured, substantially as set forth.

4t. The combination, with a face-wheel provided with cutters, of aspindle secured to an oscillating standard, which latter is attached toa transverse rotary shaft the ends of which are journaled in themachine-frame. l

5. The combination, with a spindle, a handlever supportingit, ot' anoscillating standard and a hinge upon the upper leaf' of which thehand-lever is mounted, the lower leaf being secured to the free end ofsaid standard.

6. Thecombination, with a spindle, a handlever supporting it, of anoscillating standard and pivotal connection between the lever andstandard, said pivotal device being adapted to serve as a fulcrum onwhich the hand-lever is moved in a vertical plane at right angles to theplane in which the wheel revolves.

JOB W. PETTENGILL.

Witnesses:

W. H. PHOENIX, A. O. BEHEL.

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